Rebirth of the Main Room Manual

Chapter 20 Regression

Zheng Jingyan recalled that he and sister Yaozhen had been in love since they first met, and now they have cared for each other for many years. He has worked hard enough, but this relationship has been fruitless.

Yao Zhen is soft, gentle, elegant, versatile, and a kind and gentle girl since she was a child. Zheng Jingyan was often sick and troubled since she was a child. At the age of four or five, she was taken by her master to a Taoist temple in the mountains to recuperate her body. After devoting himself to training and recuperating his body, he tasted all kinds of pills made from hundreds of herbs. He has been with herbs for many years, and he smelled of medicine all over his body. When he returned to the capital at the age of 12, he was not only regarded as a country boy, but also rejected by others. In his impression , Few girls are willing to approach him, even my own sister and cousin are unwilling to sit next to him.Only the nine-year-old sister Yaozhen came to hold his hand the first time they met, and said innocently:

"Brother Jing, you smell like herbs. I like it. This is my favorite smell!"

Living in the mountains for a long time, his heart was calm and indifferent, but at that time, he was warmed by these words.

As the son of Rongping Hou, he entered the circle of the rich and powerful in the capital, and became the companion of the fourth prince in the palace. He gradually attracted people's attention, and several women expressed that they liked the scent of herbs on his body. He knew it was fake. Their eyes flickered and their expressions were forced, maybe some of them really loved the fragrance of herbs like sister Yaozhen, but he was sure: they would never like his thin and thin body like a sickly consumptive ghost!

Younger sister Yaozhen is different, she is sincere and natural, Mr. Wang, who was a military officer at the time, had a close relationship with his father, Rong Pinghou, so Wang Yaozhen often accompanied her mother to the Hou's residence. At that time, there were many girls in the Hou's residence, only Yao Only one person can run after him, but he doesn't bother to take them to play with others.

His father once drank too much alcohol, and told his mother in front of him that when Yaozhen turned ten years old, the two children would be engaged... But not long after, the father who was in charge of the imperial guard camp in Kyoto died unexpectedly. Let it go.

With hot filial piety in his body, he no longer went to the palace to study with him, and guarded his father's tomb in the villa outside the city for three years.

Three years later, when he returned to the fourth prince's side, his appearance gradually changed. He was still thin and thin, but after all, he grew taller. No matter a man or a woman, when he saw his face, there would always be a kind of embarrassment. An extremely uncomfortable expression—intoxicated rather than surprised, as if flowers were blooming on his face.

Only sister Yaozhen still treats him as before, trusting and relying on him very much, telling him the little things about the girl's house, and asking him what he is busy with every day, whether the palace is fun, whether the princes will bully him, if If you are bullied, don't enter the palace again, she will play with him... He doesn't talk much, he just listens to her quietly. His father is dead, and no one mentions the marriage between the two families. Soft, everything only listens to the old lady, the old lady looks down on the Wang family with ordinary official positions, what she wants is the right family, and the Wang family is too embarrassed to take the initiative to climb up, Zheng Jingyan only cares for Yaozhen like a younger sister, and has no other ideas .

He told sister Yaozhen that the palace is really fun, it is magnificent and beautiful everywhere, but the rules are very strict and there are many restrictions. A girl like her who is innocent, lively, and loves to talk and laugh enters the palace, I am afraid that she will suffer head.

Seeing sister Yaozhen's color change, he couldn't help but smile.

He often gets rewards from the emperor and concubines, and when he brings them back, he lets his younger sister and younger sister Yaozhen choose them first, and then gives the rest to his mother and old lady, whoever they like can give it to them.

In this year, he was ordered to go out of the capital with the prince to travel around the heavens, and he needed two or three years of experience before he could return to the capital. When sister Yaozhen found out, she came to him, and regardless of the girl's reserve and shyness, she took the initiative to tell the story of her father's life. and told him: In fact, she had already identified him in her heart, and hoped that he would not despise her!
A beautiful and innocent girl, who treats him wholeheartedly, is too late to be moved, how can she dislike him?
After all, Yaozhen was too shy to hold back, and ran away after speaking. He treasured the sachet and embroidered handkerchief she left behind, and wrote her a letter with a pen, promising to invite the elders of the family to come to propose marriage when he came back !
The reason why he didn't discuss marriage with the Wang family right away was because he knew in his heart that going out with the princes this time was called a tour of the mountains and rivers, and visited the customs and customs of various places. In fact, this could be described as a dangerous journey, and no one could figure it out. Something will happen on the way!

He has already asked his master to help him secretly protect the safety of the fourth prince, but he cannot guarantee that he will return safely, so he can only make an appointment in private first, so that if something bad happens, it will not drag her down.

In this way, the two of them each had a piece of affection, and they parted for three years without any news. Three years later, he and the fourth prince returned to the capital as the last batch. Fortunately, they were unscathed. The records and things they brought back were also the most precious The emperor was extremely happy and praised the fourth prince greatly, and the rewards he bestowed were several times that of other princes!
The fourth prince is valued by the emperor, and Zheng Jingyan can safely discuss marriage with Yaozhen. As expected, the old lady objected when he mentioned it to his family. Doing things around, treating guests to drinks, and then Wang Yaozu recovered, and was successfully promoted to be the minister, but his son died of a sudden illness. I knew it was not because I worried too much about the Wang family... The attitude of the old lady affected Mrs. Zheng Xu, Mrs. Zheng Thinking of her husband's untimely death, she couldn't help feeling sad and sad, and she didn't agree to marry the Wang family.

The old lady even said that if you can't wait to pick a girl from outside, then there are two or three cousins ​​in the family, and you can marry whoever you like!

Fortunately, some of the cousins ​​in the family are not as good as Ji, and some don't like his body at all, and they have already engaged others, otherwise Zheng Jingyan would have even more headaches.

It can be said that people are not as good as heaven, just when Zheng Jingyan was thinking of a good way to facilitate the marriage, something happened to Wang's family, Wang Yaozu was impeached and demoted from Beijing, Zheng Jingyan went to see Wang Yaozhen, she cried into tears, saying that she was afraid of going No matter how hard it is to see each other, she can't bear him!
Zheng Jingyan then consulted with the fourth prince, Wang Yaozu was the old subordinate of the old Rongpinghou, so he naturally supported the fourth prince, the relegation this time was not because of any serious mistake he had made, but because of the eldest prince!After investigation and conclusion, the charges have been confirmed, and Wang Yaozu can't protect him. He can only use some connections to try to keep the women and children in Beijing, so that they don't have to suffer from being displaced.

Unexpectedly, the Wang family refused to separate. Even the concubine and the concubine were willing to go out of Beijing with the master, but Mrs. Wang was too sick to bear the fatigue of the journey. Wang Yaozu knelt down and begged his mother to stay in Beijing to recuperate. The third daughter, Wang Yaozhen, accompanied her, so that only two people remained in the Wang family.

After Wang Yaozu's family left, Zheng Jingyan took good care of Wang Yaozhen and the old lady Wang's life. She couldn't bear Wang Yaozhen's sadness and sadness for her situation. Every time they met, Zheng Jingyan would go home and bring up his marriage with the Wang family again. If you want to do something, you have to do it. In the end, he persuaded his grandmother and mother. Unexpectedly, bad luck came again——Wang Yaozu was killed by a bandit on the way to demote. dead!

Wang Yaozhen has to keep filial piety for her parents for three years, and while grieving, she doesn't mention her marriage!
But Zheng Jingyan did not forget his promise. For three whole years, he and the old lady fought wits and bravery, and refused to marry a wife.

Finally, three years have passed, and the old lady is also tired. The grandson really doesn't want to marry someone else, so he has to settle for the next best thing. Let's promise him to marry Wang Yaozhen home first. At least there is hope, giving birth to one and a half great-grandchildren, which can be regarded as I am sorry for the ancestors!
Unfortunately, Mrs. Wang passed away at a critical moment, Wang Yaozhen's filial piety was extended for one year, Mrs. Zheng and Mrs. Zheng refused to talk about this marriage at all!
Things were full of twists and turns, and Zheng Jingyan had to change the tough practice of just procrastinating and pushing for the past three years. He almost exhausted all his patience and accompanied and carefully obeyed the old lady. The old lady asked him to go east and never go west. , want to marry a wife who is satisfactory!

He wanted to spend time picking and choosing, and his health became worse and worse. He caught a cold and coughed twice in three days, his heart and lungs were affected, and his old illness relapsed... In short, it was too bad!

And the old lady not only agreed to his conditions, but also personally arranged for him to see him after busy work, and even more worried about his health, not only to save him from paying his respects in the morning and evening, but also let the maids and servants help the old man to walk in person whenever he has free time. Visiting grandchildren!

Looking back on the past, Zheng Jingyan sighed sadly, and lightly opened the sachet tightly held in his palm: Thinking about it, I was really unfilial, and it was too cruel to treat my grandmother like this!
Walking into the Anheyuan, the maids and servants who were standing and sitting around saw Lord Hou coming, and immediately dispersed, and the long-legged ones rushed to report. After a while, the voice of "Master Hou is here" rang out frequently, They were passed into the house one by one until the old lady was lying on the bed.

Mrs. Zheng was lying on the bed with her eyes closed, silently, as if she had fallen asleep.

Zheng Jingyan knelt in front of his grandmother's bed all night. Mrs. Zheng slept soundly and ignored him.

In the early morning of the next day, the old lady woke up on time, but she didn't let anyone serve her to get up, wash and have tea and food, and she didn't get out of bed to go to the toilet. She just lay on the bed with her eyes open, not talking to anyone, let alone looking at the bedside. Kneeling Zheng Jingyan turned a deaf ear to his confession.

Mrs. Zheng Xu came to pay her respects to the old lady. Seeing her son still kneeling like this, she was very distressed, but the old lady would not eat, drink or talk. Who would not be afraid?Mrs. Xu didn't even bother to eat breakfast, and knelt down with her son.

The eldest aunt, Fang Zheng, was busy, and she tried tricks to deliver all kinds of food to the front of the old lady's bed. She kept talking, coaxing and coaxing her with countless good words. I had no choice but to give up, shut up and retreat to the outside room.

After the hour passed, according to Zheng Jingyan's order, the housekeeper of the front yard brought in two imperial doctors to check the old lady's pulse and check her body.

Zheng Jingyan understands that the old grandmother really doesn't pamper him anymore!
He himself is well versed in medicine, and he doesn't need to check his grandmother's pulse. Just listening to her scolding his aunt, he can tell that her grandmother is starting to collapse. It's okay for ordinary people to go hungry for a meal or two, but it's not good for the elderly, especially my own grandmother, who has a lot of wounds on her body. Wealthy disease, without food, porridge and drink support, it is very easy to really suffer from old diseases, one case after another, it is difficult to recuperate.

He can only go so far, and if he can't keep going, the old grandmother's body can't afford it, and he is unwilling and unwilling to hurt his grandmother and mother.

Zheng Jingyan stood up, first helped his mother Xu to sit on the chair, then walked out of the room to politely send the two imperial doctors away, and asked the girl to bring a bowl of hot white rice porridge, which he held in his hands Go up, go to the old lady's bed and kneel down again, and say softly:
"Grandmother, my grandson knows it's wrong! Grandmother, please calm down. From today onwards, grandson will change his ways. Grandson will listen to what grandma says! Grandson will accept what happened yesterday. Although I haven't seen the girl, if grandma thinks it's good, Let's make a decision early, let's marry!"

Old Mrs. Zheng turned her head, her wrinkled face was full of tears: "Are you serious?"

Zheng Jingyan held up the porridge bowl with both hands, and bowed his head: "Grandson is obedient, but according to grandmother's arrangement, please ask grandma to get up and eat some porridge and rice!"

　I didn't release it on time, please forgive me!The temperature is stuffy and hot these days, everyone is not feeling well, please pay attention to cooling down, drink plenty of water, and take care of your body, okay?
　　
　
(End of this chapter)